Name: Thomasville livestock auction prices — 2021-06-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-06-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cows 2.00 higher, Slaughter bulls steady, Feeder steers, heifers, and bulls 5.00 higher, Heifer calves unevenly steady, Steer calves and bull calves 1.00 to 3.00 higher, Replacement cows mostly steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $124.37/cwt on 211 head.

Average price

$124.37

211 head · 533 lb average

Value per head Derived

$663

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$77

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3

$5.86/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.16

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	458	126.67	580	47
Medium and Large 1	607	124.81	758	119
Medium and Large 3	416	120.81	503	45

One grade step is worth $5.86/cwt here — about $77 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale211 hd

124.37

—

GA average16 barns · 1,808 hd

122.21

+2.16

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt

Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	High	1,588	85.43	1,357	7thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,583	69.93	1,107	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,197	69.79	835	82
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,037	58.04	602	16

Every lot, as filed

49 lots · USDA AMS · Thomasville Stockyard - Thomasville, GA

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	423	132.64/cwt	130.00–137.00	561	10
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	990	73.00/cwt	73.00–73.00	723	1
Bulls	—	—	1,935	96.82/cwt	95.00–99.00	1,873	3
Bulls	—	—	1,395	73.86/cwt	72.00–75.00	1,030	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,333	84.15/cwt	80.00–86.00	1,122	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,122	66.22/cwt	60.00–69.00	743	41
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,510	73.16/cwt	70.00–77.00	1,105	8
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,700	64.75/cwt	62.00–69.00	1,101	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	527	150.14/cwt	145.00–155.00	791	27
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	490	144.76/cwt	140.00–149.00	709	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	480	131.98/cwt	130.00–135.00	634	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	761	113.22/cwt	105.00–114.00	862	36
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,299	65.31/cwt	60.00–70.00	848	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	660	141.76/cwt	136.00–144.00	936	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	531	130.70/cwt	128.00–134.00	694	18
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	577	135.69/cwt	130.00–138.00	783	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	572	124.41/cwt	120.00–127.00	712	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	611	112.85/cwt	110.00–116.00	690	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	479	155.08/cwt	150.00–157.00	743	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	790	126.88/cwt	119.00–129.00	1,002	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	673	128.34/cwt	122.00–130.00	864	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	428	118.45/cwt	115.00–123.00	507	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	671	124.41/cwt	122.00–128.00	835	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	478	127.29/cwt	124.00–130.00	608	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	708	125.25/cwt	122.00–130.00	887	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	627	141.66/cwt	135.00–145.00	888	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,265	72.19/cwt	70.00–77.00	913	37
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,019	64.93/cwt	61.00–68.00	662	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,048	53.90/cwt	50.00–59.00	565	10
Bulls	—	—	1,125	86.00/cwt	86.00–86.00	968	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	511	117.00/cwt	115.00–118.00	598	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	945	65.82/cwt	64.00–68.00	622	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,063	726.82/cwt	700.00–750.00	7,726	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	568	125.77/cwt	120.00–130.00	714	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	477	131.49/cwt	130.00–135.00	627	10
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,010	51.00/cwt	51.00–51.00	515	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	377	132.16/cwt	130.00–137.00	498	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	705	115.04/cwt	110.00–120.00	811	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	418	125.56/cwt	122.00–132.00	525	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	519	121.29/cwt	119.00–125.00	629	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	379	123.94/cwt	122.00–130.00	470	25
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	430	134.97/cwt	130.00–137.00	580	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	526	142.23/cwt	140.00–145.00	748	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	414	144.84/cwt	142.00–148.00	600	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	517	132.92/cwt	127.00–137.00	687	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	378	144.40/cwt	140.00–147.00	546	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	510	124.14/cwt	120.00–129.00	633	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	466	113.95/cwt	110.00–120.00	531	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	569	145.69/cwt	140.00–149.00	829	24

How this sale compares

Georgia weighted averages

One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Georgia auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.

Georgia feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Thomasville Stockyard - Thomasville, GA

Tue Jun 8, 2021

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Thomasville, GA (LS-TV)

Feeder CattleReceipts 778Last week 598Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 146Last week 84Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 54Last week 36Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	423	130.00–137.00	132.64
22	—	480	130.00–135.00	131.98
36	—	761	105.00–114.00	113.22
18	—	531	128.00–134.00	130.70
17	—	673	122.00–130.00	128.34
16	—	568	120.00–130.00	125.77
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	428	115.00–123.00	118.45
6	—	511	115.00–118.00	117.00
25	—	379	122.00–130.00	123.94
5	—	466	110.00–120.00	113.95
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	478	124.00–130.00	127.29
6	—	377	130.00–137.00	132.16
12	—	418	122.00–132.00	125.56
12	—	510	120.00–129.00	124.14
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	527	145.00–155.00	150.14
40	—	660	136.00–144.00	141.76
12	—	479	150.00–157.00	155.08
15	—	790	119.00–129.00	126.88
8	—	708	122.00–130.00	125.25
11	—	627	135.00–145.00	141.66
24	—	569	140.00–149.00	145.69
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	490	140.00–149.00	144.76
11	—	577	130.00–138.00	135.69
5	—	671	122.00–128.00	124.41
2	—	705	110.00–120.00	115.04
7	—	526	140.00–145.00	142.23
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	572	120.00–127.00	124.41
7	—	611	110.00–116.00	112.85
13	—	414	142.00–148.00	144.84
11	—	517	127.00–137.00	132.92
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	477	130.00–135.00	131.49
8	—	519	119.00–125.00	121.29
8	—	430	130.00–137.00	134.97
8	—	378	140.00–147.00	144.40

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	990	73.00	73.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,299	60.00–70.00	65.31
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	—	945	64.00–68.00	65.82
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,010	51.00	51.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	8	—	1,063	700.00–750.00	726.82

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,935	95.00–99.00	96.82
3	—	1,395	72.00–75.00	73.86
1	—	1,125	86.00	86.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,333	80.00–86.00	84.15
41	—	1,122	60.00–69.00	66.22
37	—	1,265	70.00–77.00	72.19
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,510	70.00–77.00	73.16
5	—	1,700	62.00–69.00	64.75
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,019	61.00–68.00	64.93
10	—	1,048	50.00–59.00	53.90

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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Reporter comment USDA

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

What quality paid 0–100 lb

How it compared 0–100 lb

Slaughter cattle

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Thomasville Stockyard - Thomasville, GA

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Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle